N.y. Legislator Has Chest Pains

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Ted Weiss, D-N.Y., collapsed Thursday night at a banquet for members of Congress, apparently from chest pains.

Weiss, 59, was flown to the Washington Hospital Center, where a nursing supervisor said he was in serious but stable condition. It was not immediately known if Weiss suffered a heart attack.

Weiss was attending a banquet for members of Congress in the Rayburn House Office Building when he excused himself and left the room. In the hallway, he told a police officer he felt faint and needed oxygen, said Rep. Mary Rose Oakar, D-Ohio.

Weiss, who underwent open heart surgery in Cleveland several years ago, had a ``little pain`` in his chest, Oakar said.